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JOB: Library Technical Assistant: Periodicals Manager, Mechanics Institute Library, San Francisco

By BayNet | Published: June 2, 2010

The Mechanics’ Institute Library is a full-service, general interest membership Library located in San Francisco’s financial district.

Under the general supervision of the Head of Technical Services, the Periodicals Manager performs a variety of technical, clerical, and public service duties. The primary responsibility for this position is the management of the Library’s periodicals: maintaining the physical magazine and newspaper collections, providing accurate recordkeeping in the online catalog, and overseeing the annual subscriptions. Other duties will include both technical and public service:

  • Assistance to Library Acquisition and Cataloging staff
  • Circulation desk coverage
  • Assistance to Library members with online catalog, computers, printing, copying

Qualifications:

  • Minimum of three years experience using Millennium serials module to establish and maintain records for serials holdings
  • Experience with both public and technical service library practices, including circulation procedures
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective and cooperative working relationships with library staff, library users, and vendors
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail

Salary commensurate on experience; full benefits package is included for this position, which may include Saturday or evening hours.

Mechanics’ Institute Library is an Equal Employment Opportunity worksite.

Complete applications will include cover letter and resume, including details of relevant experience.

Please send to:

Sharon Miller, Library Director
57 Post St. 415-393-0113
San Francisco, CA 94104
smiller@milibrary.org

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JOB: PLAN Administrator, Peninsula Libraries

By BayNet | Published: May 14, 2010

PLAN Administrator performs a wide variety of office and IT support and Project Coordinator duties within the Peninsula Libraries Automated Network (PLAN). PLAN Administrator will be on-call 24×7 during one week every five weeks. Regular schedule is Monday – Friday 8am to 5pm, certain projects will require team member to work during off-hours.

Supervision Received and Exercised:
PLAN Administrator reports directly to the IT Director

Key or Typical Tasks and Responsibilities but not limited to:

  • Tier One – Troubleshoot any problems PLS staff encounter with ILS software
  • Run monthly circulation statistics for libraries and create reports
  • ILS backups
  • Jr. Level administration of ILS server application
  • Update WebOpac information
  • Update/create website pages –(Drupal 6.0 and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services)
  • Tier One Windows/Linux Support
  • Technical Lead for all PCs in the PLS Admin building
  • Technical Lead for UPS in server room
  • occasionally – Staff Training and project presentations
  • Assist IT Director with Project Coordination
  • Library card orders
  • Hardware orders
  • Warranty /Hardware maintenance
  • New Hire/Transfer/Exiting staff setup
  • Create users and technical documentation
  • Represent PLAN during Library Committee meetings when required.

Qualifications:

  • Education and Experience
  • Education equivalent to completion of the 12th grade.
  • Basic PC or server maintenance desirable.
  • Two years of library clerical experience.
  • Project Management/Coordinator preferable
  • Writing business reports and presenting on the topic

Knowledge of:

  • English usage, spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
  • Modern office procedures, methods and computer equipment and software.
  • Basic mathematical principles.
  • Process for managing small and large projects
  • HTML/CSS

Skills:

  • Communicate effectively in person, over the telephone, electronically, and in writing with a wide variety of people, including coworkers, member library staff, and vendors
  • MS Office
  • Creating reports
  • Excellent organizational, interpersonal, customer service and communication skills.
  • Ability to adapt to a fast paced environment with changing needs.
  • Familiarity with library integrated library system software desirable.

Work Environment and Physical Demands
Normally seated, standing or walking at will; normal physical activity including some bending, pushing, pulling, and carrying, which may range up to 50 lbs., upon occasion. Keyboarding and working at a computer monitor for extended periods required. Phone usage, reading, speaking, and listening required. Work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts that require normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices or work rooms.

Excellent benefit package and opportunity to grow within the organization

Please email resume and cover letter to IT Director – Monica M. Schultz
schultz@plsinfo.org

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JOB: Very Part-time Medical librarian Indexer

By BayNet | Published: May 3, 2010

This position is for 8-10 hours per month and open ended (at least a year or more). Work can be done remotely via the Internet. Training would begin in May with work to follow. $30/hour.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a subject matter expert in health informatics who can understand the different search processes in each of the client’s electronic products and apply indexing using the three coding systems of MeSH, ICD-9-CM and CPT. A knowledge of search algorithms, relevancy ranking and impact of proprietary terms and partial and exact mapping on search results is needed.

Responsibilities

  • Update and maintain content indexing
  • Develop and document policies and procedures pertaining to the position
  • Correct and/or modify index terms as needed

Catalog client content utilizing 3 indexing systems to facilitate searchability according to client metadata standards.

Required

  • Expertise in MeSH, ICD-9-CM and CPT indexing systems
  • Strong knowledge of search theory
  • Ability to work independently
  • ALA-accredited MLS or MLIS
  • CPC or CCS credential
  • Flexible availability

Contact Deb Hunt at dhunt@aimusa.com.

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JOB: Assistant Librarian, The Foundation Center, San Francisco

By BayNet | Published: April 26, 2010

THE FOUNDATION CENTER, founded in 1956, is the nation’s leading authority on philanthropy and is dedicated to serving grantseekers, grantmakers, researchers, policymakers, the media, and the general public.  Our organization’s mission is to strengthen the nonprofit sector by advancing knowledge about U.S. philanthropy.  Our vision is a world enriched by the effective allocation of philanthropic resources, informed public discourse about philanthropy, and broad understanding of the contributions of nonprofit activity to civil society.

One vital component of the Foundation Center’s mission is to offer free library services from our web site and our five offices located across the country: at our headquarters in New York, and in Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Cleveland, and San Francisco.

Reports to: Director, San Francisco Office

Job summary: The Assistant Librarian provides support for library service, educational programs, and fundraising activities.

Responsibilities:

Reference/Library Service:

  • Provide assistance at public reference desk
  • Photocopy, fax, file, organize library and office materials
  • Process, order and weed annual reports
  • Track daily and monthly visitor statistics
  • Track circulating collection statistics, report on these monthly
  • Contact late borrowers via phone, email, and mail.
  • Process library acquisitions and periodicals
  • Respond to email and chat reference questions submitted via the Foundation Center’s Online Library and Associate’s Program reference services
  • Weekly contribute to the new San Francisco blog about local news and resources

Educational programs:

  • Learn and present introductory programs for grantseekers, artists and students
  • Assist with the preparation and room setup for training programs, including duplicating handouts, and making arrangements for refreshments, when needed
  • Compiles bibliographic guides
  • Track education program statistics, including special statistics needed for contract training
  • Create and distribute monthly marketing flyers, weekly and daily signage and other promotional materials
  • Work with YNPN on bi-monthly book club discussion programs.

Fundraising:

  • Key address/contact changes into funding database
  • Prepare monthly newsletter mailing
  • Assist with mailing for reports to donors and annual appeals including performing mail merge functions with MS Access and Excel

Administrative support:

  • Monitor office supply inventory
  • Monitor bookstore inventory
  • Open and route incoming and outgoing mail
  • Process weekly invoices
  • Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.

Requirements: BA/BS degree.  Some graduate coursework in library or information science and experience with and/or interest in the nonprofit sector preferred.   A team player interested in playing a supporting role in a busy library setting.  Ease in working with the public and comfort with technology.  Familiarity with MS Word, MS Excel, MS Publisher, and MS Access.  Accuracy, attention to detail, and ability to multi-task and comfort with public speaking in instructional settings.  Availability to work Wednesday evenings.

Please send resume and salary requirements to:

HR Manager
The Foundation Center
79 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10003

E-mail:   jobs@foundationcenter.org (Please put the title of the position you are applying for in the subject line)

Do not telephone

We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits.

For more information on positions available at the Foundation Center please visit our website: http://foundationcenter.org/about/jobs/

The Foundation Center is an equal opportunity employer.

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JOB: Librarian for Outreach, Digitization and Electronic Resources, Holy Names University

By BayNet | Published: April 24, 2010

Come fly with us as we guide this library into the 21st century. The mile-long job title reflects the mind-boggling array of responsibilities you will juggle in a small university library short on resources but long on creativity and commitment to high-quality service.  You will be responsible for designing, executing, and assessing a year-round campus-wide information literacy program for traditional, graduate, adult, and distance students; providing leadership, expertise, effective management, and hands-on maintenance of licensed electronic resources; serving as the primary liaison to database and eBook vendors; developing and maintaining the library’s first institutional repository; overseeing the introduction of electronic theses to our institution; providing oversight for metadata quality for shelf-ready acquisitions; providing traditional and digital reference services to our campus population; join your co-workers in creating and delivering the library’s first faculty liaison program; and participate in planning and delivering the transition from print to digital, and from library to learning commons.

This is a position ideally suited for a librarian with a solid grounding in traditional library services who seeks more responsibility and a wide range of job knowledge.

To: Apply send cover letter, resume and salary history information to hr@hnu.edu.  We are planning to fill this position as soon as an ideal, qualified candidate is identified.

Holy Names University translates its mission statement into action by recognizing and affirming the dignity and worth of all peoples in recruiting students, hiring personnel, and in implementing its programs and activities. This is consistent with the commitment of its sponsoring denomination’s social principles.

Holy Names University is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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JOB: Digital Institutional Repository Archivist, Libraries, California College of the Arts, Oakland and San Francisco

By BayNet | Published: April 15, 2010

California College of the Arts is a private, non-profit art and design school founded in 1907. Formerly called California College of Arts and Crafts, the college offers bachelor and master degrees in a wide range of arts and design fields and is located in both Oakland and San Francisco.

The Archivist for the Digital Institutional Repository, may work on both campuses, and will spearhead an initiative to collect and preserve the creative and intellectual output of the college, primarily in the form of visual documentation.

Requires a MLS or equivalent or bachelor’s degree with formal training in an archives, information, or records management program. Prior successful experience managing digital files for a large organization strongly preferred.

Please see the full position description, requirements, and application instructions at http://www.cca.edu/about/jobs/29764

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